Occupation Author Role Blogger Name Michelle Hogan | Children Eight Spouse John M. Hogan, Jr. | |
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Born Michelle Louise Kennedy
July 12, 1972 (age 52)
Baltimore, Maryland ( 1972-07-12 ) Genre Non-fiction, Humor, Memoir Books Without a Net: Middle Class an, Gandhi Was a Libra, Manners, Jealousy: 99 Tips to Bring You, A Fine Mess: Living an | ||
Michelle Kennedy Hogan (née Michelle Louise Kennedy, July 12, 1972) is an American author and editor.
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Biography
Hogan is the author of 15 books, the mother of eight children.
Hogan was born in Baltimore, Maryland, but spent most of her life on a small sheep farm in Chelsea, Vermont. She played high school basketball and loved doing farm chores. She was head page in the United States Senate her junior year in high school for Senator Patrick Leahy.
Hogan's formal writing career began as a reporter for the Green Bay News-Chronicle. Since then, she has published work in Salon.com, The New York Times, The Christian Science Monitor, Redbook, Family Circle and many other publications. She has also read her work on National Public Radio.
Her first book, Without a Net: Middle Class and Homeless (With Kids) in America, was published by Viking in 2005 and received many positive critical reviews as well as several awards. Her follow-up novel, 'Gandhi was a Libra, was less well received but focused on the issues of bipolar disease and postpartum depression – something Hogan herself struggled with.